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Malignant Brain Tumors Most Common Cause of Cancer Deaths in Adolescents and Young Adults
A new report published in the journal Neuro-Oncology and funded by the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)finds that malignant brain tumors are the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in adolescents and young adults aged 15-39 and the most common cancer occurring among 15-19 year…
NCI Cancer Moonshot - Budget Information and Justification
The world is moving fast. The President's budget request for the NCI has been released. Please look carefully at this extensive document. It is your opportunity to lock in your research to the identified priorities and to augment the scope with your area of interest. We can all benefit, but only…
New NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Badges
‌This is a reminder that NCI has developed new cancer center "badges" replacing the old designation logos. NCI asks that all centers discontinue use of the old logos and instead use the new badges on all new materials. Please remember the designation badges may only be used with the Case…
Publish, Don’t Perish!
Gone are the days of spending a day to submit an article to be published. A new journal is challenging established methods in biomedical research publications. Pathogens and Immunity streamlines the current research publication process – a well-recognized source of frustration for biomedical…
Common Rule
Please read the Op Ed, "Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?," on tissue based research and the importance of informed consent in the context of the common rule. The author, who wrote a book about HELA cells is certainly qualified and has given considerable thought to her balanced…
Newly discovered reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains, climate change
This piece of tortoise shell and other fossils found near Quebrada Honda suggest the high plain was less than a kilometer above sea level 13 million years ago. On an arid plateau in the Andes Mountains of southern Bolivia, a Case Western Reserve University researcher flagged what turned out to be…
Microbiome of infants may play a major role in the development of adult diseases
CWRU faculty organize special issue of Embryo Today dedicated to microbiome Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine organized a special issue of Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today dedicated to the microbiome and the role it plays in embryo development as well as…
Powerful protein promotes post-injury regeneration, growth of injured peripheral nerves
Case Western Reserve scientists demonstrate CCL2 activates healing inflammatory immune responses and gene expression The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Joins Nation’s Cancer Centers in Endorsement of HPV Vaccination for Cancer Prevention
Joint statement urges parents, young adults and physicians to act to increase vaccination rates In response to low national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV), Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has joined 69 of the nation’s top cancer centers in issuing a statement urging for…
Three Case Western Reserve Faculty Members Receive Funding For Emerging Technologies Aimed At Blood, Lung Disorders
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have received funding to further develop emerging technologies aimed at malaria, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. The funding is provided by the National Center for Accelerated Innovation, established by Case Western Reserve University,…